Girls Zone Volleyball Tournament

On Thursday 17th of September, a mixed team of year 7 and 8 girls represented Pukekohe Intermediate at the Girls Zone Volleyball Tournament held in Papatoetoe.

All members of the team played outstanding whilst showing sportsmanship and fairplay, earning a well deserved 4th place in the competition for 2009. We congratulate Fangu Fahina, for earning the position of captain.

Our team played a total of six games against Manurewa, Rosehill, Weymouth, North Counties, Green Meadows and unfortunately the last team could not make the event. In total, we won three games, while also losing three.

We would like to make a special thank you to Jack and Mr Doel for organising lunchtime and morning tea practises, and to Ms Gibson for transporting the team, to and from the event. Without all of your support, this day would not have been successful!!

Music Inquiry Websites

As our authentic challenge, for our Term 3 music inquiry challenge, room 23 students created and designed individual music websites.

We had a choice to create our websites either with webs or weebly. I chose to publish my website on webs, as the backgrounds are more distinctive and you have more selections within the site builder. My genres are Pop, Hip Hop and R&B.

Each individuals website, were limited to a maximum number of five pages. The websites each consisted of a; biography, discography, filmography, photo gallery, blog, homepage.

A number of room 23 students websites were chosen to be entered into the Net Guide Schools Multimedia TV NZ Challenge.

Google Doodle

Our classroom, Room 23, of Pukekohe Intermediate, have entered a maximum number of eight designs into this years, Google Doodle Competition. The theme for 2009, icons of New Zealand.

My design consists of a maori pattern in the top of my page. I have included the outline of New Zealand and I have included small icons of New Zealand to complete my design, "Kiwiana Doodle".

The following information is a summary of deadlines and Google Doodle notifications:
School Registration Deadline

March 17, 2009

Doodle Entry Deadline

March 31, 2009

State Finalists and Regional Winners Notified

May 8, 2009

Online Public Vote

May 11-18, 2009

Awards Ceremony and National Winners Announced

May 20, 2009

Winning Doodle on the Google Homepage

May 21, 2009

Multiple Intelligences Graph

Multiple Intelligences

“How smart we are doesn’t much matter, but how we are smart really counts.”

Types of Multiple Intelligences:

Kinaesthetic - Body Smart
You may be body smart. You will enjoy sports and are good at swimming, athletics, gymnastics and other sports. This is sometimes called being Kinaesthetic smart.
Linguistic - Word Smart
You may be word smart. You will enjoy reading, writing and talking about things. This is sometimes called being Linguistic smart.
Logical - Number Smart
You may be number smart. You will be good at mathematics and other number activities; you are also good at solving problems. This is sometimes called being Logical smart.
Interpersonal - People Smart
You may be people smart. You will like to mix with other people and you will belong to lots of clubs. You like team games and are good at sharing. This is sometimes called being Interpersonal smart.
Intrapersonal - Myself Smart
You may be myself smart. You will know about yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You will probably keep a diary. This is sometimes called being Intrapersonal smart.
Musical - Music Smart
You may be music smart. You will enjoy music and can recognise sounds, and timbre, or the quality of a tone. This is sometimes called being Musical smart.
Visual/Spatial - Picture Smart
You may be picture smart. You will be good at art and also good at other activities where you look at pictures like map reading, finding your way out of mazes and graphs. This is sometimes called being Visual/Spatial smart.
Naturalistic - Nature Smart
You may be nature smart. You will like the world of plants and animals and enjoy learning about them. This is sometimes called being Naturalistic smart.

My multiple intelligence strengths are:

- Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
- Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
- Interpersonal Intelligence
- Visual/Spatial Intelligence

We took the test during Term 3, 14th August 2009. I found that I am strongest in the above list, and was surprised with the results. I have developed my intelligences, learning new facts everyday. Depending on the time, of your life, that you take the test, there will always be new developed intelligences. During life, your multiple intelligences may change, with new interests.

"Intelligences work together to solve problems"

The purpose of school should be to develop all of the various types of intelligences to help people find vocations that are appropriate to their intelligences.

Fonterra Science Roadshow 2009

Each year, Pukekohe Intermediate School, have the privilege, to host the Fonterra Science Roadshow. This years themes are:

Planet Earth
- Matter, energy and life

Sound Out Waves
- The science of sound

The show runs over a period of days, and is a great learning opportunity. Several different schools, have been invited, to establish the show. Monday 20th July, our classroom, Room 23 of Pukekohe Intermediate, experienced this years show.

We observed two shows, one based around our planet, and the other, Sound Out Waves.
There were prizes from the exhibits and two students, from our school, won a prize that included a 3D postcard, and 3D glasses.

All students enjoyed this years Fonterra Science Roadshow and established a great learning opportunity, at Pukekohe Intermediate School.

Science Fair Evaluation 2009

As apart of Pukekohe Intermediates Science Fair for 2009, Room 23 students paired up to complete a Science Board Project, as it is compulsory for all Year 8 students.

I paired with Danielle Moore, as we work well together and finish work on time, with outstanding achievements.

We were both happy, when we handed our Science Project in, and when we heard the shocking news, that we had to start our Project from scratch, we were both quite angry, and so were our families, with all the effort we had put into the first project.

We then thought to put the first project behind us, and put our minds towards completing a more outstanding Science board, and so we did.

Our end result is amazing, with only four days to complete the Project, and even time after school, our board came 3rd in the Science Research Category. Also with a perfect score of 100/100, from the teachers Science Fair Assessment, for 2009.

Youth Week Report

This year, as part of the nation wide Youth Week, Pukekohe Intermediate Councillors organized a week of Daily Trivia Questions, an Art Competition and a Mufti Day. The trivia questions were put into the daily notices and students had to answer these questions before morning interval, handed into the Student Centre. Each day we drew out a winner and they received a prize. The students who won have been listed below showing what day they won and what question they answered correct.

Monday- How many gold medals did New Zealand win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? 3 gold medals. The winner was Brendan Byerley of Room 23

Tuesday- What New Zealand artist sings ‘under my skin’? Gin Wigmore. The winner was Shannon van den Berg of room 23.

Wednesday- What major hit movie stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? Grease. The winner was Vaughn Hannah of Room 5.

Thursday- What does Aotearoa (New Zealand) Mean? Land of the Long White Cloud. The winner was Rachel Van of room 30.

Friday- Who plays Daniel Potts in Shortland Street? Ido Drent. The winner was Avril Mita of Room 1.

During the week we ran an art competition that students could enter and be into win prizes. Billie Paterson of Room 23 judged all the entries. It was a difficult decision to make, as there was only 1st 2nd and 3rd Place Prizes.

The winners were:

1st Place- Lupe Soapi of Room 23

2nd Place- Avril Mita of Room 1

3rd Place- Pauline Paratene of Room 44.

The big success of the week was the Mufti Day, which was held on Wednesday 27th May. Buddy Classes were assigned to specific colours to wear on the day. From each of the classes, councillors chose the best-dressed student in the class. Then all of the students that were chosen from individual classrooms came together and the councillors then chose the 3 best dressed out of the school. The winning students were Kathleen Griffin- Room 12, Jamie Turkington- Room 23, and Daniel Bullet- Room 36. Students enjoyed the awesome day organised and the school Councillors were pleased, as Pukekohe Intermediate raised $374.50.

Thank you to all the Committee that helped to organize this fun Week!